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Top Middle Eastern Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 31, 2023
- address5750 N California Ave, Chicago 60659
Is Top Middle Eastern Restaurant clean?
Top Middle Eastern Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 31, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Top Middle Eastern Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 31, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR GUARD OF THE ICE MACHINE WITH SOME DIRT, NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DIRT ON THE FLOOR UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS, AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP AND DISH WASHING AREAS. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS, AND IN ALL CORNERS IN ALL AREAS AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED MULTIPLE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO RENEW EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES TO COMPLY WITH IDPH FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED MULTIPLE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO RENEW EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES TO COMPLY WITH IDPH FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN AWARENESS TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON SITE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO ENSURE THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS CERTIFICATE OBTAINS ALLERGEN AWARENESS TRAINING AND RECEIVES A CERTIFICATE.
When was Top Middle Eastern Restaurant last inspected?
Top Middle Eastern Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to May 3, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 8, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| October 31, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2023 | — | |
| October 17, 2023 | — | |
| May 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 3, 2022 | Fail |
Top Middle Eastern Restaurant vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% of them.
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How Chicago grades restaurants
Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 31, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.